Re: [Fedora-spins] Small clarification about the wording on the download links

[Jeroen van Meeuwen]

On 02/16/2010 09:44 AM, sankarshan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was trying to download the LXDE spin (and, I guess it is the same
> for the other spins too) when I noticed that the phrase "6K Torrent
> File for 64-bit PC ISO" is following by the FAQ "How do I use this
> file?". The latter links to
> http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f12/en-US/html/ch-new-users.html#sn-making-media
> which in fact is a next step towards properly using the torrent file
> to download the ISO.
>
> I was wondering if there was a need to put in a line about how to
> handle the torrent file and, thereon link to what to do with the
> downloaded ISO.

Thank you for noticing, and following up!

I think maybe this notice/question is more appropriately to the websites
team (in CC:), since they administer spins.fp.o, but I agree with you!

-- Jeroen

[Fedora-spins] Small clarification about the wording on the download links

[Sijis Aviles]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Jeroen van Meeuwen  wrote:
> On 02/16/2010 09:44 AM, sankarshan wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was trying to download the LXDE spin (and, I guess it is the same
> > for the other spins too) when I noticed that the phrase "6K Torrent
> > File for 64-bit PC ISO" is following by the FAQ "How do I use this
> > file?". The latter links to
> > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f12/en-US/html/ch-new-users.html#sn-making-media
> > which in fact is a next step towards properly using the torrent file
> > to download the ISO.
> >
> > I was wondering if there was a need to put in a line about how to
> > handle the torrent file and, thereon link to what to do with the
> > downloaded ISO.
>
> Thank you for noticing, and following up!
>
> I think maybe this notice/question is more appropriately to the websites
> team (in CC:), since they administer spins.fp.o, but I agree with you!
> -- Jeroen
>
> websites mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/websites

I completely agree. We should at minimally update the 'how to' link to
the .torrent documentation since that is what folks get when they
click on the link.

Thanks for noticing this.

Sijis

[Fedora-spins] Small clarification about the wording on the download links

[Sijis Aviles]

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 1:05 AM, Sijis Aviles  wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 3:00 AM, Jeroen van Meeuwen  wrote:
> > On 02/16/2010 09:44 AM, sankarshan wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I was trying to download the LXDE spin (and, I guess it is the same
> > > for the other spins too) when I noticed that the phrase "6K Torrent
> > > File for 64-bit PC ISO" is following by the FAQ "How do I use this
> > > file?". The latter links to
> > > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f12/en-US/html/ch-new-users.html#sn-making-media
> > > which in fact is a next step towards properly using the torrent file
> > > to download the ISO.
> > >
> > > I was wondering if there was a need to put in a line about how to
> > > handle the torrent file and, thereon link to what to do with the
> > > downloaded ISO.
> >
> > Thank you for noticing, and following up!
> >
> > I think maybe this notice/question is more appropriately to the websites
> > team (in CC:), since they administer spins.fp.o, but I agree with you!
> > -- Jeroen
> >
> > websites mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/websites
>
> I completely agree. We should at minimally update the 'how to' link to
> the .torrent documentation since that is what folks get when they
> click on the link.
>
> Thanks for noticing this.
>
> Sijis

I updated the links in the spins site to point to the bittorrent
section of the install documentation:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f12/en-US/html/ch-new-users.html...

Sijis